Aja Naomi King Reveals 3-Yr-Outdated Son Kian’s ‘Devastating’ Hair Request (Unique)

Aja Naomi King’s son simply bought a “large boy haircut.”

The Grosse Pointe Backyard Society actress, 40, shared throughout an unique PEOPLE in 10 interview just a few updates about her 3-year-old son, Kian, whom she welcomed with husband Dan King in June 2021.

Requested if their son is a mama’s boy or daddy’s bestie, she rapidly solutions, “He’s daddy’s bestie. He actually stated he wished to chop his hair, which is devastating to me, and he was like, ‘I would like my hair brief like Daddy.‘ ”

“I used to be like, ‘Oh God, however okay,’ as a result of we wish him to have possession over himself. ‘Sure, that is your hair. You possibly can reduce it. Hair grows. It is high quality,’ ” she recollects. “So he bought his large boy haircut, and it made him look older.”

“And I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, you’re not a bit of child anymore.’ However he is so pleased. He has a lot power,” she provides, earlier than revealing that Kian and her husband are in California snowboarding at Mammoth. 

“Sure, I’ve a bit of snowboarder on my fingers,” she says.

After giving delivery to Kian in 2021, she shared particulars about her being pregnant.

“No, this isn’t a being pregnant Earlier than image. That is the After,” she captioned an Instagram publish. “After days of labor. After experiencing what felt like my insides being ripped aside, no lie. After experiencing the unimaginable great thing about childbirth, that is what’s left behind. This Beautiful Physique!”

“So in celebration of myself and my physique for ‘Doing the Rattling Factor,‘ I wished to share this picture. No make-up, no modifying, no filters (and you recognize I really like a filter!)…Simply Me…a lady in awe of her Physique and her Child! ♥️,” she concluded her candid post-pregnancy replace to followers.

Since then, King was nominated for an Emmy in 2024 for excellent supporting actress in a restricted collection for Apple TV+’s Classes in Chemistry.

With Kian now 3 years outdated, he’s beginning to discover his mother in media. 

“There will likely be moments like when there was a billboard after the Emmy nomination. We undoubtedly drove to the billboard to have a bit of household picture in entrance of it,” she tells PEOPLE in 2025. “He was like, ‘That’s you, Mommy, that is an image of you’ … and I used to be similar to, ‘That’s me.’ ”

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Except for being a mom, the previous The right way to Get Away with Homicide star is now in a lead position in NBC’s Grosse Pointe Backyard Society as Catherine, “one in all 4 members of a suburban backyard membership who discover their lives intertwined by scandal, mischief and a shared secret — a homicide nobody needs to speak about,” in response to the present’s synopsis.

The solid additionally contains Melissa Fumero, Ben Rappaport, AnnaSophia Robb, Matthew Davis, Alexander Hodge, Nancy Travis and Felix Wolfe. 

Grosse Pointe Backyard Society premiered on NBC on Feb. 23.